Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Essex

1276 - 1320  (44 years)

• Name	Humphrey de Bohun  [1]
  Suffix	4th Earl of Hereford and Essex
  Birth	1276	Pleshy Castle, Essex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Humphrey VIII Bohun  [2]
  Death	16 Mar 1320	Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Friars Preachers Church, County York
  Person ID	I935	Bourchiers
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family	Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, Countess of Hereford and Essex,   b. 5 Aug 1282, Rhudlan Castle, County Carnarvon, Wales d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1302	Westminster Abbey, London, England
  Children	+ 1. 1st Earl of Northampton William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton,   b. Abt 1312, Caldecot, Northampton, England d. 16 Sep 1360, Walden Abbey, Essex, England (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2014

  
  

• Notes

  Lord High Constable of England. He was one of the leaders that deposed King Edward II's favorite Piers Gaveston. He fought at the Battle of Bannockburn, where he was captured by the Scots. He was killed at the Battle of Boroughbridge, while leading another rebellion against the King. (1) Earl of Hereford and Essex, aged 22 at his father's death, Inq.p.m. 27 Edw. I, No.142; Gave Powderham to his d., Margaret, as a marriage portion; Killed at Borough Bridge 1322; cr. 8th Earl of Essex 1302-1304: ped.--Vp106 (2) 8th Earl of Hereford; (suc'd in 1229--Dates); conveyed lands in 1302; slain 1321; md 1302-4 Princess Elizabeth, 1282-1316, d. of Edward I--CPv4p669; and "widow" of John, Earl of Holland--BGT; had 8 sons and 9 daus.--CPv4; had 4 daus.--Dw v1p57 (3) Humphrey de Bohun VIII: (b.1276, d.March 16, 1322 at the Battle of Boroughbridge, buried at Friars Preachers Church, County York). He married November 25, 1302 at Westminster, Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward I and widow of John, Count of Holland. Humphrey was fourth Earl of Hereford and third Earl of Essex and Constable of England. In 1301 he joined the barons in their letter of protest to the pope from the parliament of Lincoln. He took a leading part in the tournaments of Fulham in 1305 and at Wallingford in 1307. In 1308 he was sent to Scotland to oppose Robert Bruce. He was one of the twenty-one ordainers appointed to reform the government and the king's household. The ordinances were accepted in October 1311, but three months later the king recalled his banished favorite, Gaveston, and immediately:the barons, including de Bohun, took arms against Gaveston, captured and beheaded him. Edward was powerless to punish the rebellious lords; negotiations for peace were opened and in October 1313 the earls and their followers were pardoned. In 1314 the war with Scotland was renewed and de Bohun was taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn. He was later exchanged for Elizabeth, wife of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, who had long been held captive in England. During the next six years the resentment of the barons increased as the power of the two Despensers, father and son, grew over the king. It finally came to a head at the battle of Boroughbridge in which the king finally defeated the barons and de Bohun lost his life. Elizabeth was born August 5, 1282, Rhudlan Castle, County Carnarvon and died May 5, 1316 and was buried at Walden Abbey. By her Humphrey had six sons and four daughters. from http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bohun-3

  
  

• Sources

  [S865] TudorPlace website, (http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/OGLE.htm). [S7] The Wiki Tree, (http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Plantagenet-Family-Tree-114).